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Book Review of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis by Amy Ferris

by Kendra BonnettApril 7, 2010
Book Review of Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis by Amy Ferris

In her memoir Marrying George Clooney, Amy Ferris comes to a point of peace and understanding about her relationship with her mother. Ferris finds the humor in life as she deals with raging hormones, in the full throes of menopause, and her 88-year-old mother disappears into dementia. The result is a bittersweet, often raw and outrageously candid, look at mothers and daughters.

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Memoir Book Review–Your Memoirs by Hawley Roddick

by Kendra BonnettJanuary 20, 2010
Memoir Book Review–Your Memoirs by Hawley Roddick

Here’s a memoir writing how-to that will focus your thinking, entertain with examples and help you limber up your style and technique. Think of “Your Memoirs” by Hawley Roddick as mental calisthenics.

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Memoir Book Review – Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

by Michelle RockwellJanuary 13, 2010
Memoir Book Review – Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Book Review: Regular guest blogger Michelle Rockwell reviews Three Little Words, Ashley Rhodes Courter’s memoir about a foster care system that places more emphasis on foster and less on care than is necessary for young children to thrive.

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Memoir Book Review – Don’t Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment

by Matilda ButlerDecember 1, 2009
Memoir Book Review – Don’t Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment

Author Linda Joy Myers’ memoir is a joy to read, filled with imagery. Wondering how to handle voice and tense? There are lessons in her memoir.

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Memoir Book Review of Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

by Kendra BonnettOctober 7, 2009
Memoir Book Review of Bending Toward the Sun by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Memoir Book Review: Leslie Gilbert-Lurie’s memoir, Bending Toward the Sun, is an important book with lessons concerning message for the memoir writer. If you’re interested in including photographs in your memoir, be sure to see how many the author wove throughout the text.

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Memoir Book Review of The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 30, 2009
Memoir Book Review of The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman

Post #20 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett Review by Tracy Kauffman-Wood Bestselling author and self-admitted skeptic Hope Edelman believes in the possibility of everything. She just needs visible proof. In her latest book, The Possibility of Everything, Hope

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Book Review – Higher than Eagles by Maralys Wills

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 23, 2009
Book Review – Higher than Eagles by Maralys Wills

Author Maralys Wills’ first memoir is a tale of how death of sons visits her family twice. As a memoir writer, look at how she shapes the story. She brings you in to the scene and then holds you by disclosing details throughout the rest of the book.

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